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Click here to subscribeA first half of the 20th Century Mahogany cased 14 Day Mantel Clock, retailed by Liberty, the arched case on a moulded plinth base, to a spun brass bezel enclosing a 5 ½” silvered Arabic dial with blued steel hands, to a rectangular brass movement with anchor escapement and strike on a coiled gong, height 11”
A Mixed Lot comprising: A head and shoulders Portrait Miniature of a gentleman in a scarlet coat, in a black lacquer rectangular frame, dated 1799; together with a framed Daguerreotype and four further Ambrotypes, together with a copy of the first item in a 20th Century frame, various dates and makers, (7)
A first half of the 19th Century Old Sheffield Plate Meat Cover, of lobed oval form, engraved twice with a contemporary heraldic coat of arms and surmounted by a handle formed as a dog’s head, within a castellated turret, as replicated from the engraving, and bearing maker’s mark for Roberts, Smith & Co, width 14 ¼”
Wilson Lowry 1762-1824- "Solitude"; published Jan 1st 1786 by John Boydell, Cheapside London, engraving after Gaspar Pousin (Gaspard Dughet) 1615-1675, 56x73cm: together with one further engraving from the same or similar suite after Gaspar Pousin, engraved by John Browne 1741-1801, entitled "Cascade"; published Jan 2st 1786 by John Boydell, Cheapside London, 56x73cm, ea., (2) (unframed) Note: Wilson Lowry trained at the Royal Academy and worked for a number of engravers, as well as Boydell. Lowry developed a number of special instruments to assist his work: about 1790 he devised a ruling machine; in 1801 a device for generating elliptical curves; in 1806 another for making perspective drawings. Lowry was the first engraver to use diamond points and to discover the composition of a corrosive fluid for biting the lines into steel plates. Lowry specialised in making engraving of architectural and mechanical topics, and excelled in perspective views of machinery. Lowry was of a scientific bent, and was a founder member of the Geological Society and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
* Circle of Henri Matisse 1869-1954- Circus; lithograph, on Japan, the full sheet on cream wove, bears various numbers/shelf marks in pencil verso, remains of a label for Collection of Marie-Thérèse Walter attached verso, various defects, tears and creasing mainly to the edges of the sheet, image unaffected, Note: Marie-Thérèse Walter (July 13, 1909- October 20, 1977) was the French mistress and model of Pablo Picasso from 1927 to about 1935, and the mother of his daughter, Maya Widmaier-Picasso. Their relationship began when she was seventeen years old; he was 45 and still living with his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. It ended when Picasso moved on to his next mistress, artist Dora Maar.
After Andy Warhol "Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones"; published by Atlantic Records 1971, Designer Craig Braun; Concept and Photography by Andy Warhol - off-set lithograph with metal zipper, bears signature in black felt pen, 32x32cm, (A/F) Note: New York 1969, Andy Warhol suggested to Mick Jagger that it would be amusing to have a real zipper on an album cover. A year later, Jagger proposed the idea for Sticky Fingers being the first release on the new Rolling Stones label.
Warner (Jack) JACK OF ALL TRADES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, first edition, dustjacket, 8vo, London: W.H. Allen, 1975, ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the half title, `To Ted [Willis] and Audrey, with my grateful thanks for the "Lamp" & the "Green", affectionately, Mollie & Jack`. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis (1914-92). Lord Willis wrote the film `The Blue Lamp` and the resulting TV series, `Dixon of Dock Green`, that made Warner a star; with approx. 35 other British showbiz biographies from Lord Willis`s library and a small selection of personal items relating to his career.
Felstead (S. Theodore) STARS WHO MADE THE HALLS: A Hundred Years of English Humour, Harmony and Hilarity, second impression, lacks dustjacket, tape repairs, spine sunned, photos, 8vo, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1947, inscribed on front blank, `To my dearest & sweetest fan. Without your support I`d have been in the workhouse long ago. G.H. Elliott, 1948. * P.S. Please don`t keep belching during my act.`; Epstein (Brian) A CELLARFUL OF NOISE, dustjacket (edge wear, short tears), 8vo, London: Souvenir Presss, 1964, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis (some with his inscription/book stamps); with approx. 50 other books on music hall and popular song from Lord Willis`s library.
Osborne (John) A BETTER CLASS OF PERSON, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: 1929-1956, dustjacket, light soiling to upper edges, 8vo, London: Faber & Faber, 1981, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis; with approx. 50 other books about London theatre, and a small quantity of West End theatre programmes.
Davis Jr (Sammy) HOLLYWOOD IN A SUITCASE, dustjacket, 8vo, London: Granada, 1980, FIRST UK EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. INSCRIBED ON THE TITLE, `To Audrey & Ted, Peace & Love, Sammy Davis Jr`. With approx 50 other books on Hollywood from Lord Willis`s library (some with inscriptions or stamps).
Wilson (Angus) TEMPO: THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON THE ARTS, photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson and others, dustjacket (edges creased), large 4to, London: Studio Vista, 1964, FIRST EDITION; Cooke (Alistair) LETTERS FROM AMERICA, dustjacket (short tears), 8vo, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 90 other books or pamphlets about TV and radio (some with inscriptions or stamps).
McInnes (Graham) HUMPING MY BLUEY, dustjacket (edges creased, dusty), edges dusty, 8vo, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966, FIRST EDITION; MacInnes (Colin) SIDNEY NOLAN, plates, introduction by Kenneth Clark, dustjacket (price clipped, tears and light soiling), large 4to, London: Thames & Hudson, 1961, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx 170 books of Australian interest, plus a small selection of Australian vinyl records.
Laven (Goat) ROUGH STUFF: THE LIFE STORY OF A GANGSTER, 8 photographic plates, lacks dustjacket, binding worn, 8vo, London: Falcon Books, 1933, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 190 other books from Lord Willis`s library relating to true crime, trials and the underworld: British, American and French (some with inscriptions or stamps).
Lincoln (I.T.T.) REVELATIONS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SPY, photographic plates, lacks dustjacket, spine soiled, owner`s inscription and neatly written note about Lincoln`s career and family on front endpapers, 8vo, New York: Robert McBride & Company, 1916, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: J.B. Wilson (inscription), Lord Willis. With approx. 65 other works from Lord Willis`s library concerning international espionage (some with inscriptions or stamps).
Baring-Gould (William S.) SHERLOCK HOLMES: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD`S FIRST CONSULTING DETECTIVE, lacks dustjacket, boards sunned, plates, 8vo, London: Hart-Davis, 1962, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 65 other works of, or relating to, crime fiction from Lord Willis`s library, including Vols. VII & XVIII of the `Strand Magazine` in the publisher`s pictorial cloth.
Straub (Peter) GHOST STORY, Tom Adams dustjacket (edges creased), 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1979, FIRST UK EDITION; Seymour (Gerald) HARRY`S GAME, dustjacket (some creasing), 8vo, London: Fontana/Collins, 1975, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 200 other works of popular fiction, including thrillers and popular romances, the majority first editions.
Burton (Brigadier-General R.G.) THE TIGER HUNTERS, photographic plates, lacks dustjacket, publisher`s blue cloth (light marks/wear), publisher`s stamp on title, 8vo, London: Hutchinson, 1936, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 85 other books from Lord Willis`s library relating to transport and travel, particularly in the Far East.
Radziwill (Princess Catherine) THE INTIMATE LIFE OF THE LAST TSARINA, photographic plates, lacks dustjacket, publisher`s black cloth (spine lightly sunned), 8vo, London: Cassell, 1929, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 45 other books about Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and the Slavic nations.
Rickards (Colin) BOWLER HATS AND STETSONS: STORIES OF ENGLISHMEN IN THE WILD WEST, dustjacket (light browning), photographic plates, one quire loose, 8vo, London: Ronald Whiting & Wheaton, 1966, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 27 other works about the United States and Canada from Lord Willis`s library.
Wagstaffe Simmons (G.) TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOOTBALL CLUB, ITS BIRTH AND PROGRESS 1882-1946, dustjacket (torn and stained), photographic plates, cloth board with marginal stains, 4to, London: Tottenham Hotspur, 1947, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis. With approx. 45 sporting books from Lord Willis`s library, including 12 on Spurs, plus a 45rpm record of the 1967 squad singing `The Spurs Go Marching On` (Columbia EMI SEG 8532) in the original picture sleeve.
Cromwell (T.) HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF CLERKENWELL, 48 engravings by J. & H.S. Storer, 3 maps/plans, one folding, publisher`s pebbled cloth (worn), 8vo, London: Longman etc, no date; Taylor (Phoebe Atrwood) PROOF OF THE PUDDING, dustjacket, 8vo, London: Collins Crime Club, 1945, FIRST EDITION. With a quantity of other books, including two Dick Francis first editions.
An Edwardian mahogany and line inlaid double bed, the slatted bedstead centred by a quarter veneer splat, upon castors, 107 x 121 x 180 cm, together with a japanned bamboo washstand and matching music cabinet, first half 19th century, a Chinese carved camphor wood trunk, early 20th century, the panelled top depicting a rural landscape and flowers, upon winged mythical beast feet, 49 x 90 x 43 cm,(4).
A mahogany and walnut double wardrobe, first half 20th century, a Victorian walnut bowfront chest of drawers, a walnut cheval mirror, early 20th century, an upholstered oak armchair, early 20th century, a mahogany chest of drawers second quarter 19th century on 20th century stand and a George II style stool, early 20th century, (6).
Boyle`s Fashionable Court and Country Guide contemporary calf" rebacked 1824; another edition 1891 § Royal Blue Book Fashionable Directory original embossed boards rebacked in calf 1848 § Royal Blue Book: Court and Parliamentary Guide 1905 § Webster`s Royal Red Book: or Court and Fashionable Register1911 all but the first two with pictorial advertisements original cloth some spines a little faded all rubbed; and a quantity of others court guides etc. " 8vo et infra(c.30)
Glover.History/Gazetteer..County of Derby 2 vol." folding engraved map (repaired) plates and genealogical tables later cloth Derby 1831-33; The History and Directory of the Borough of Derby wood-engraved illustrations Derby 1843 § Bagshaw (Samuel) History Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire without map modern half morocco Sheffield 1846 § Bulmer (T.) & Co. History Topography and Directory of Derbyshire folding map (torn) title foxed Preston [1895] § Ussher (R.) An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Croxall number 48 of 100 copies plates 1881 § Keys (J.) Sketches of Old Derby and Neighbourhood plates and illustrations 1895 § Cox (J.C.) and W.H.St.John Hope. The Chronicles of...All Saints Derby one of 312 copies plates1881 occasional spotting all but the first and third original cloth the second rebacked the fourth recased; and c.60 others Derbyshire some duplicates" v.s.(c.65)
Baines.History" Directory..Lancaster 2 vol. some staining later half morocco Liverpool 1824-25 § White (F.) & Co. History Gazetteer and Directory of Cheshire modern cloth Sheffield 1860 § White (William) History Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire contemporary tree calf rebacked Sheffield for the Author 1834 § [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Magnificent Contents of Alton Towers... original cloth rebacked Christie`s1857 the first three without maps some spotting rubbed; and c.20 others Lancs. Cheshire & Staffs. " v.s.(c.25)
Law List (The)" 1842 contemporary sheep rebacked 1842; another edition contemporary sheep 1843 § Scottish Law List (The)... Edinburgh 1917 § Butterworth`s Empire Law List 1954/55 library stamps 1954 § Lawyer`s Companion and Diary (The)1954 all but the first two original cloth all rubbed; and a quantity of others law lists" 8vo et infra(qty)
Post Office Telephone Service..Jersey"914 10pp. modern cloth St.Helier 1914 § Dougal (F.H.) & Co. Index Register to Next of Kin Heirs at Law legatees... lacking front free endpaper [c.1885] § Upcott (William) A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography 3 vol. facsimile reprint New York 1968 § Shaw (G.) and Allison Tipper. British Directories: A Bibliography and Guide... Leicester1989 all but the first original cloth the second rubbed the last with dust-jacket; and a quantity of others including many commercial directories and a portfolio of prints etc. " v.s.(qty)
School and College Registers.-Eliz.Coll.Guernsey foxed" original printed wrappers Guernsey 1891 § Oundle Memorials of the Second World War 1939-1945 privately printed n.d. § Nicolls (O.C.C.) A Register of the Alumni of Keble College Oxford from 1870 to 1925 Oxford 1927 § Watt (T.) Aberdeen Grammar School Roll of Pupils 1795-1919 Aberdeen 1923 § Wilson (G.H.) History of Windlesham House School 1837-1937 n.d. all but the first original cloth a little rubbed; and a quantity of others similar" 8vo and 4to(qty)
School and College Registers.- Welch (Joseph) interleaved copy with manuscript notes" half-title engraved frontispiece contemporary tree calf a little worn rebacked spine gilt 1788 § Peile (J.) Biographical Register of Christ`s College 1505-1905 2 vol. Cambridge 1910 § Milliken (E.J.) Brighton College Register (1847-1922) Brighton 1922 § Dulwich College War Record 1939-1945 [c.1949] some plates all but the first original cloth a little rubbed; and a quantity of others similar" 4to and 8vo(qty)
Williamson`s Edinburgh Directory"1790 later half calf original printed wrappers bound in Edinburgh 1790 § Paul (J.B. editor) The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland 1424-1513 6 vol. ex-library copy with stamps library cloth Edinburgh 1882-94 § Post-Office Annual Directory and Calendar (The) for 1838-9 folding map supplied in facsimile Edinburgh 1838 § French (A.D.Weld) Notes on the Surnames of Francus Franceis French etc.... one of 300 copies Boston 1893 § Adams (P.W.L.) A History of the Douglas family of Morton in Nithsdale... plates and folding tables occasional spotting Bedford1921 all but the first two original cloth all rubbed; and a quantity of others Scotland including registers of deeds" v.s.(c.35)
Bentley`s History" Guide...Worcester folding engraved map (spotted) Birmingham [1840] § Littlebury`s Postal and Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Hereford 1867; ...Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Worcester [1873] § Kelly`s Directory of Gloucestershire and the City of Bristol folding map (torn)1897 the first two modern cloth the rest original cloth the last recased; and c.23 others Worcs. Glos. & Herefordshire" v.s.(c.27)
Collinson.History/Antiquities..Somerset 3 vol. plus Index" first edition list of subscribers folding engraved map mounted on linen 40 engraved plates and one tail-piece foxed some plates with marginal tears or defects contemporary mottled calf rubbed rebacked with gilt spines Index vol. in old cloth rubbed 4to Bath 1791 and Taunton" 1898.(4)
Johnston British Central Africa 1897 first edition" half-title frontispiece 6 colour maps on 5 folding sheets plates illustrations original pictorial cloth foot of spine torn slightly rubbed and soiled 1897 § Mason (Rev. G.H.) Zululand A Mission Tour in South Africa first edition front free endpaper missing original cloth gilt rubbed 1862; and 3 others 2 Africa 1 Borneo" v.s.(5)
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